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 Working in the service of Life     page 2
Christine, 37, came to the clinic for infertility. After a treatment of two months, she still couldn’t get pregnant; therefore, I asked her to bring her husband to have a consultation. I  prescribed the herbal medicine for both Christine and her husband. One month later, she became pregnant.  When Christine was found  to be pregnant, the first reaction of her husband was “can I stop taking the herbal medicine? She already gave birth to a baby boy in June, 2008."

Lisa, 39, had  tried IVF (in vitro fertilization) 6 times. Unfortunately, it failed.  She even used a donor’s egg, due to her poor egg quality. Most of her IVFs were done in San Francisco, USA. After all of these, she started taking Chinese Herbal medicine every day and having acupuncture twice a week. After one year, she conceived naturally. She already gave birth to a handsome baby boy in end of July, 2008. During her pregnancy, she continued her acupuncture treatment once or twice a week. One day, her husband came with her. Then Lisa said to her husband: “since you are here, why don’t you have an acupuncture treatment.” Jokingly, the husband said, “I have already done my responsible part”.

Most of these patients have Immunological problems (APAs--- Antiphospholipid Antibodies). When they become pregnant, they must inject daily a medication into their tummy, and also inject their husband’s white blood cells. Some babies are born prematurely.  For some, the pregnancy is not so smooth. There is always some danger of miscarriage; therefore, I am on call all the time for these pregnant patients… of course, I count on prayers to see me through.

    
Daily practice brings me closer and closer to God. There are always so many people in need, but what I can do is very limited. Experiencing my limitations, I have to ask more from God to help out these people.  My happiest moment  is to see these patients become pregnant.

Besides my clinic work,  I am  teaching part time Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture in the University of East, for the graduate school master degree program, and another class for  medical doctors to learn acupuncture. I am practicing my English much more in the Philippines than I did when studying in the U.S. when I listened more than I spoke but now, I am speaking English all day long with my patients and students but know that  it is still a poor and broken form.